Tokyo continued to be a magnet for people in 2024, with a net influx of around 80,000 nearing the pre-pandemic 2019 level and ...

U.S. authorities says they believe there are no survivors in a midair collision near Washington between a commercial jet ...

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani says he and his new U.S. counterpart Pete Hegseth agreed to beef up their nations' ...

Eddie Jones' Japan will play a two-test series against Wales in July as part of their 2025 domestic match schedule announced ...

Rescue personnel continue efforts to clear debris in an expanding sinkhole near Tokyo in the hope of saving a man trapped as the crucial 72-hour threshold of survival passed.

Overnight stays at accommodation facilities in Japan by Japanese and foreign travelers rose 5.5 percent in 2024 from the previous year to a record 651.49 million, preliminary government data shows.

New yokozuna Hoshoryu takes part in a traditional "tsuna-uchi" rope-making ceremony at his Tatsunami stable in Tokyo in ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is arranging a visit to the United States for his first in-person summit with ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for the bolstering of the country's nuclear forces this year during a tour of a ...

A sex scandal involving famous Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai and Fuji Television Network Inc. has exposed systemic ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are planning to make an official weeklong visit to Mongolia in early July, government ...

The Japanese government announces countermeasures against a U.N. committee on discrimination against women that has called ...